Seven stories from Norman Maurer's classic Three Stooges comic books are collected in this omnibus, all from 1954 issues from St. John, along with two "Little Stooges" stories Maurer drew for Gold Key in 1972. When Maurer met his future wife Joan Howard in 1945, he had no idea that her father would turn out to be "Mean Moe" Howard of the Three Stooges. By 1949, Moe had convinced Maurer to draw the Three Stooges as a comic book. (Maurer later went on to manage the Stooges, producing and directing their final films, stage appearances, and an animated television show.) Here too is a 1960 story drawn by Pete Alvarado for Dell, and 11 more stories for Dell drawn by Alvarado's replacement Joe Messerli in 1961.